Mariska's Musings

I write with a heavy heart. There is a great deal of uproar right now with various "sides" posting different information, each one attempting to one-up the "other" ... What I, personally see happening here is a great chasm being forged, pitting faith against faith, belief against belief, and heritage against heritage. PEOPLE, we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD -- regardless of how we view that God, I would like to believe that there is one supreme being out there. There is no argument that each faction or group of people believes in some form of "God". There is no argument that each faction or group of people probably envisions that God as special unto them. There, again is no argument that each of us, regardless of our so-called race, happens to find ourselves in the wonderful U.S. OF A. I truly believe that we are ALL here to play nicely with one another, is it any wonder that I cannot help but think that this ALL SUPREME BEING is just looking down at this craziness and rethinking the idea of having ever even put us here to begin with!?

Truth: Black slavery existed in the youthful years of this country. Not nice.

Truth: White slavery existed in the youthful years of this country. Not nice.

Truth: Our founding fathers had a hand in slaughtering a good many of the peoples who were here before us. Definitely not nice.

Fact: THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO AND YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT THE ONES AT FAULT.

ADVICE: LET IT GO. LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

I don't care who your grandparents were and quite frankly either does anyone else.

For the most part, the most of us could care less if you're purple, pink, or green-polka-dotted..... show what's in your heart and that alone is what you're judged by and subsequently how you will most likely be treated by your neighbors.

Blessings to all from an open heart here in the wonderful southern state of NC